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document.write( "Let the number of men be 3x. Then the number of women = 5x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Half the men left. So number of men left = 1.5x = 3x/2\r\n" );
document.write( "1/3 of the women left. So number of women left = 5x*2/3 = 10x/3\r\n" );
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document.write( "New ratio of men to women =  =  = 9:20\r\n" );
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